 Wow, that looks so difficult to fill a whole boat of salt. Hi, I'm Lavi and this is Oli. We are attempting a new Guinness World Record to become the youngest pair to circumnavigate the globe by motorcycle. After riding 3,000 miles across Europe, we are now ready to explore the roads of North Africa. Click the subscribe button to follow our journey around the world and let the adventure begin. Good morning world, welcome back to the channel. It's day number 88 on our around the world trip. We are here in an Airbnb in Dakar, the capital of Senegal. And we have been here for the last couple of days. Yesterday we went into town to go and get our passivant extended. So that's our temporary import permit for the country. At the border, they just give you five days and in the downtown of Dakar, there's a small office on the fourth floor of a massive building, the AXA building in Place de Independence. And there we managed to get a 15 day extension and it was for free. So that was a good result. We also checked out the port to see if the shipping company is real. And it is real. We saw a face, we talked to somebody that made us really happy. Now we have a good feeling. We will drop off Bumblebee next week and everything should be fine for Brazil. But that gives us some time to explore the local area. So let me show you guys where we're heading today. So here is our awesome new Senegal map that we got in St. Louis. And we are just about here in the capital, Dakar. And today we are gonna be exploring some sites around the area of Dakar and finishing the day slightly down the coast around here. So we have about 60 miles today. It's already really, really hot. So better hit the road, let's go. Day 88 in the sweaty capital of Senegal. It's only 28 degrees, but it's pretty humid and it feels already pretty hot. We're sweating buckets, eh? Yeah, that's right. Luckily that's a paved road. It's funny because all the side roads here in Dakar are unpaved. So it's always a little adventure going right and left. A bit of dirt roading each time you want to reach your accommodation. Yes, well, it's a good practice, I guess. So today we're doing a little exploration around the region of Dakar. And we've got a couple of points of interest in mind. And the first of those is called the African Renaissance Monuments. And it's around 25 minutes away. So let's go. Stuck in the traffic of Dakar. This is an incredibly busy city. And every time we try to go anywhere around it's just back to back cars. I think they need a few more motorcycles in this city. Because this is ridiculous. But it's really cool because along most of the highways in the city they've actually got these beautiful gardens. And all of these plants here are for sale. And basically along all the highways they've got the people growing these plants to sell. But it just makes for a beautiful attraction on the side of the road as well. Yeah, it looks very pretty, very colorful. Yeah, it's like a paradise. A lot of different plants as well. Yeah, it's super impressive, super impressive. And it's really resourceful that they've used those banks on the side of the highways to do that. Yeah. I think that's really cool. You can see some butterflies here. Yeah, yeah, the insects can enjoy it. Nice. Look ahead. Ah, there it is. It's a pretty big statue, isn't it? It's a pretty big monument. So this monument is really special because it's the tallest monument here in Africa. It's about 50 meters tall. Let's just park over there in front. OK. And let's just have a look. Yeah, I'll just bump up on the curb here. Whoa, look at this. Very cool. Hey, look at that. Cool, let's go check it out. So Lavi is going to weigh behind with the bike because she will definitely get a headache if she tries to climb this in this heat. So I'm going to go up alone and take a closer look at the monument. Oh, my God. That's quite a lot of steps. Look at this. That's pretty massive. And as you walk around the monument, you also get really nice panoramic views of the city. Have a look over there. Nice. That's downtown Dakar behind us. You can see the other side of the peninsula. So you've got the ocean on that side. You've got the ocean all around here. And then the ocean on that side. That's pretty cool, eh? There we go, the African Renaissance Monument. A really cool and impressive monument, but apparently quite a controversial monument as well due to the cost and other factors. But it's cool to see it up close. So we have left the African Renaissance Monument behind. Oh, look, there's a Baobab tree. Look at that. Beautiful. Beautiful. And we are nearing our second point of interest for the day. And this is it, Lac Rose. Now, you can't see exactly from here just yet, but we're going to carry on down this road. But apparently, this is a pink lake. The name of the lake, Lac Rose. Yeah, exactly. So it's supposed to be pink. Let's see as we get a bit closer if it actually is pink. It's pretty impressive, though, to have a big lake like that. Just here next to the capital. Yeah, so we're making our way over to the center of the lake where we can stop and have a little look around. Get on one of these little pink boats with Babacar. With Babacar nostrils. So we're going to head on one of these boats now and go and check out Lac Rose. OK. Allez, olé, olé, olé. Oh, look, you can start to see the pink color, hey? Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. Look at that, the edge. Yeah, because of the reflection in the water, from the shore, you actually can't see that it's very pink. But when you get in the lake, then you can see it. Senegal. Just circling around. Just circling around. So Babacar was saying that when there's no sun, not a lot of sun, then it's not pink, because the algae needs the sun. And then when there's a lot of sun, it becomes more and more pink as the algae has a big bloom. Yeah, at the moment, it's like semi-pink. But you can still see there is pink in there. Do you think that the guys are quite alrighty working in the water? Because it might be refreshing and nice, but the water is actually warm. It's like it's not a nice warm, it's almost too warm. And he just told us that the guys, they need about five hours to fill one boat. It's 1,000 kilo of salt. And they earn about 15 euro a day. Whoa, all the salt in there. Wow, that looks so difficult to fill a whole boat of salt. Deux fois. Deux fois par jour. No. Wow, I'm impressed by those guys. Hey, being able to do that, that's insane. There's a lot of work and a lot of salt in very hot water. Yeah, it's absolutely crazy. Wow. Merci, Bavaka. So we had access to a supermarket and then we used the chance to get some olives and we got some dates. We have actually some butter as well. So we will have butter bread with a boiled egg on top and for me some tomatoes as well. Nice. It's a little bit different to what we have normally, just bread and cheese. Awesome lunch. Nice. Okay, we're now leaving Lacrosse. I thought that was really, really nice to actually go out on that little boat on the lake. Yeah, yeah, it was really, really cool and worth seeing, definitely. How much did that cost us for the boat ride? I think the boat ride was 7 euro 50. Yeah, 5,000 CFA, 7 euro 50. But yeah, it gives you a much better perspective than what you can get from just on the shore. And it's really nice, you can get a bit up closer to the guys that are working out there and really see the whole scenario which I thought was really nice. Very interesting and like just the whole experience how warm the lake is and how much salt they're getting out there. It's just incredible. I tasted the water and it was really, really, really saltier. So now we are off to our third and final attraction for the day which is called the Village de Tortua. So we'll just drive over there and we'll tell you more about it when we get there. Well, there's a lot of activity going on in the town right now. The town market is in full swing on both sides of the road. Should we get a goat? Yeah, should we pick one up for dinner? Yeah. Beautiful, which one do you like? Look at those guys, hello. I like them all. Give it only to set them free. Yes. Now it looks like you can pretty much find everything you need. It's like, you need a fan? Yeah, there's a fan. You know, you need a goat. There's a goat. Pretty much just drive down this road. You'll find everything you need. Whoa. Look at all these guys. Wow. Whoa, look at this big one. Incredible. Look at this black smoke. Aha, we've arrived. Here we go, look at this. Nice. That looks beautiful. Beautiful entry. All right, let's go and check it out. So the guy said that I could park the motorbike inside the gate there so that it's gonna be safe, all the stuff's gonna be safe. So, one, two, three. Okay. So I'm just gonna put it inside the village of the tortoises. Woo. Merci. Ça c'est bien? Voilà. Here it is. The village of the tortoises. The village of the tortoises. According to the sign, it's actually the last reserve in the Dakar region. I said it was opened in 1957 and it maintains the original flora, the original plants of this region and it's kind of the last place where this ecosystem is still actually able to exist. So it's a reserve for lots of plants and animals and some of them apparently are very rare in Senegal. It's about 16 hectares, the whole forest and there's loads of these baobabs. Apparently the place fell into disuse, fell into disrepair and was actually saved by the people, the village du tortoise people. And those guys are apparently passionate conservationists and naturalists. So they actually saved this place, they put a fence around it and they made it back to what it's supposed to be. So let's go and check it out and we should find a lot of tortoises here. Whoa, there's already some here. Look at these guys. Amazing. Finally this one is Senegal's largest native tortoise. It's massive, look at that. I didn't realize that they had like massive tortoises here. It's awesome. A little lizard at the entrance. It's really tropical here, hey. We're not in the Sahara anymore. Merci, merci. Merci. Merci. Merci, merci. Très jolie. Merci, merci beaucoup. Thank you. Goodbye village de tortoise. Nice place, very nice place. Very cool, worth a visit. If you want to see some giant native tortoises. Exactly, the beautiful animals of Senegal. And who knew that they had giant tortoises here in Senegal, that's really cool. That is really cool. Yeah. And not a bad price entry as well. It was only three and a half thousand CFA each. So 7,000 for the two of us. And 7,000 is about? 10 euro. About 10 euro, so about five euro each. Not bad at all. Not bad at all. I love to support conservation projects like this. I think it's really cool because I was reading that they actually have released 24 tortoises back into the wild in Senegal. So effectively they are operating as a breeding program and working to conserve the species, which is really, really nice. Oh, by the way, the species is called the Spurred Tortoise. I forgot to mention that before, but that's the species that they have there. Yeah, it's just really impressive at first, the work they're doing there and also the different types of trees and how dense everything is and green. If I just imagine how this is the way how it would have looked actually, it's just so lush and stunning. So we've booked another accommodation on booking.com and that accommodation is right by the ocean, a little bit south of Dakar. So it's about one hour for us to get down to there. So yeah, let's just make our way down there. Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. Here, here. To the right here, yeah. All right, we've come off of the main road and now we're on the unpaved road and this road is gonna take us to our accommodation. Straight down here, hey? Yeah. All right. 0.3 down here. Okay. There are some nice houses. Beverly Hills of Senegal. Yeah, we found this place on booking.com and it is about 15 euro a night. You can't really find any cheaper places under like 15 euro here in Senegal or at least we didn't find any. So in 250 feet we should arrive. Oh yeah, I can see the sign. Hotel Paradialor, Paradialor. Nice. Is that a sign for a piscine? I see. Are we at the right place? I don't know, but I see a sign for a piscine. Okay, let's pull up here and we'll see how we get on. Okay, let's check it out. Okay, we had a look on the map and it is not the place. We've got to go just a little bit around the corner so let's see if we can find our accommodation. Are you ready? Let's go. So normally to, yeah, to the... To the right here? Right here, yeah. Yeah. Our bash plate doing its job. Oh, look, here's a convenience store. Okay. Should we maybe ask these guys? Bye bye. Insalaam. Zion, Lily, Paradise? Tuba Deolor. Yeah, this is here. Okay. It's this road. It's this road. My sister knows every compound about here. Ah. But in Villa Roman. Okay. I know it, I know it. Okay, yes. Okay, we'll just park here for a minute. Okay. Ah, merci. This guy just here really helped us to find, find our place and we have located it. The location on Airbnb was not correct, but he knew where it was. So now we're going to head over there. It's not fun just around the corner, but the road is not too good to get there. So we're going to see how we get on, but maybe Lavi has to walk a little bit, unfortunately. From here, you should walk. Yes. That looks a little bit too. Yeah, I might need a push, but at the moment it's okay. Let's see how I get on. Yeah, the road to this place, not too amazing as you can see. Okay, I can see the place, Lavi. I'm nearly there. Oh, got a bit of wheel spin. Be careful, doggies. Here we are. This is the place. It's going to turn around. It's not the easiest turn around I've ever done, but okay. There we go. Okay, sinking in a little bit. Ahmed. Ahmed, Oli. Oh, Oli. Oli. Oli. And Lavi. Lavi. Yes. Oh, Sante. Good evening, guys. We made it. Happy and alive. Yeah, look, we've just dumped our stuff down everywhere in the room. Oh my God. Man, these bags are getting more heavy and heavy as it gets hotter and hotter. I don't know, like... Yeah, we get sweatier and sweatier every day. Every day we're heading south is sweatier. It's a sweaty, sweaty days. We have arrived here. The name of this area is called Tubaadirlau, and it's just a little bit south from Dakar. But after riding around the city in all different directions and with the endless traffic pretty much the whole way, then we're really glad to have arrived. Yeah, definitely. Because it's already 6.30 here, so it took us pretty much the whole day. Yeah, for our three points of interest. But they were really interesting from a sort of cultural man-made one to a natural one in the area, and then finally something with nature and conservation and wildlife. It was a really nice mix to the experiences of the day. It's nice to do a little bit sightseeing. Yeah, yeah. Proper tourist today. Yes. So, yes, that's it from us today. We hope you enjoyed the episode. If so, please give us a thumbs up, subscribe to the channel, comment below. We will see you next time.